On the weekend, the 2025 NFL Draft took place in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Now is the time for the team to replenish their talents and build development for the future.
Every year, ESPN's Mel Kiper gives results after the draft. Kiper gave the Cincinnati Bengali people a “C” and called its 2025 draft “ho-hum”. He doesn't like everything the Bengals do with their draft capital this year. They drafted a defensive end, two offensive wingers, a defender and two defenders.
Why doesn't Mel Kiper like the Bangladeshi 2025 draft class?
Mel Kiper gave the Bengals a C, the worst draft result he has given (joined with the Falcons, who docked for giving up his first-round pick in 2026).
This seems to be another incompetent manifestation of Tobin, Taylor and his friends.
– #selltheteam (@barflybill) April 28, 2025
According to ESPN's Mel Kiper, the biggest need for Cincinnati to enter the 2025 draft is “winters, guards, safety and guards.” In the 17th overall pick in this year's draft, the Bengals chose De Shemal Stewart from Texas A&M. But, Kipper thinks they drafted Stewart too high. According to his rankings, Kiper was once Stewart's 27th player in the class this year. Despite meeting the needs of DE, Kiper believes that the Bengals’ draft is “ho-hum.”
Cincinnati chose South Carolina's LB Demetrius Cavaliers #49 with a second-round draft pick. The Cavaliers are the older players in this year's class. He will be 25 this summer. In his only season at Gamecocks in 2024, Knight was selected as captain. Cincinnati chose OG Dylan Fairchild from Georgia with a third-round draft pick. He has won the Bulldogs' national championship twice and has been a full-time starter for the past two seasons. The Bangladeans think he can be a direct starter for their team.
The Bengals checked most of the boxes they needed in the 2025 draft. However, analyst Mel Kiper called their draft “ho-hum.” What matters is how these players develop for the Bangladeshis. Jipper is just an analyst and what he says is not always true. We've seen that at this year's draft, when Kiper made Shedeur Sanders the QB #1 QB for the 2025 grade. However, Sanders turned out to be the fifth-round draft pick and the sixth QB. We will see how this rookie course will affect the Bengals in 2025.
